Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
December-08
Season Fwd									29.82	2.5	Trace		1765	483
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1971-2000										Hail/Snow		Snow				HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec
Date	Max	Min	Obs	Avrg	N Hi	N Lw	Norm	Deprt	Pre	Fell	Grnd	Core	HDD	CDD	Sky	Description Of Weather
1	21	9	17	15	26	11	18	-3	Trace	Trace	Trace		50	0	Cdy	Lgt flurries AM..Dusting snow aftn.
2	41	17	17	29	26	10	18	11	0.00	0.0	0		36	0	Cdy	Windy..Warmer but dropping temps aftn.
3	22	9	15	16	25	10	18	-2	0.01	0.2	Trace		49	0	Pc	Flurries 12:15am..Sunny 8am..Cldy snow pm.
4	15	5	10	10	25	9	17	-7	0.01	0.2	Trace		55	0	Pc	Light snow 12-1:30am Pc aftn..Cldy pm.
5	27	6	14	17	25	9	17	0	0.06	1.8	2		48	0	Cdy	Snow afternoon thru pm..Windy pm.
6	14	-2	1	6	24	8	16	-10	Trace	Trace	2		59	0	Su	Snow around 1am. Daytime high 6.
7	17	1	17	9	24	8	16	-7	0.05	0.8	2		56	0	Cdy	Snow Bl Snow till late aftn. Dusting PM.
8	20	4	4	12	23	7	15	-3	0.12	1.1	3		53	0	Cdy	Snow till 1pm ..Dropping temp pm.
9	9	-2	5	4	23	7	15	-11	Trace	Trace	3		61	0	Pc	Pc..Some light flurries around 7:30
10	38	5	7	22	23	6	14	8	Trace	Trace	2		43	0	Pc	Light snow 7:15-11am..Pc aftn. Much warmer.
11	10	-9	-9	1	22	6	14	-13	0.01	0.3	2		64	0	Cdy	Light snow morning, clearing late afternoon.
12	21	-9	18	6	22	6	14	-8	Trace	0.1	2		59	0	Cdy	Flurries AM . Breezy and little warmer.
13	21	8	8	15	21	5	13	2	0.04	0.6	3		50	0	Cdy	Windy, cold with light snow starting at 6:30pm
14	8	-13	-10	-2	21	5	13	-15	0.63	9.5	11		67	0	Cdy	Blizzard all day..Vis 0 mid morning and aftn.
15	-9	-16	-16	-12	21	4	13	-25	0.00	0.0	11		77	0	Su	Windy AM..Sunny with dropping temps aftn.
16	1	-20	-2	-9	20	4	12	-21	Trace	Trace	9		74	0	Cdy	Cloudy most of the day..Light flurries aftn.
17	1	-10	-6	-4	20	4	12	-16	0.00	0.0	9		69	0	Su	Sunny..Cold..Light winds.
18	-3	-9	-5	-6	20	3	11	-17	0.00	0.0	8		71	0	Su	Fair and cont. cold.
19	13	-5	7	4	20	3	11	-7	Trace	Trace	8		61	0	Pc	Pc Am becoming cloudy pm..Lgt snow 11pm
20	14	-13	-12	1	19	2	11	-10	0.21	4.7	12		64	0	Pc	Snow up to noon..Clearing with dropping temps
21	-2	-12	-12	-7	19	2	10	-17	Trace	Trace	12		72	0	Pc	Flurries and windy Am..Clearing aftn.
22	8	-20	8	-6	19	2	10	-16	0.02	0.5	9	1.30	71	0	Pc	Clear cold AM becoming cloudy,snow 10pm
23	16	0	0	8	18	1	10	-2	0.20	4.7	13		57	0	Cdy	Snow then becoming pc late afternoon
24	0	-10	-7	-5	18	1	10	-15	Trace	Trace	13		70	0	Su	Mostly sunny had a few flurries early AM
25	21	-7	19	7	18	1	9	-2	0.00	0.0	12		58	0	Cdy	Sunny Am becoming cloudy aftn..Windy
26	31	19	26	25	18	0	9	16	0.01	0.0	11		40	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Freezing drizzle late aftn - on
27	26	-1	-1	13	17	0	9	4	0.01	0.2	11		52	0	Cdy	Frz drizzle, grauple, flurries AM.
28	17	-7	17	5	17	-1	8	-3	0.00	0.0	10	1.60	60	0	Su	Sunny, becoming Pc early evening.
29	27	6	9	17	17	-1	8	9	0.00	0.0	10	1.60	48	0	Su	Daytime high 13..Becoming cldy 6pm.
30	10	-14	-14	-2	17	-1	8	-10	0.42	8.8	18		67	0	Pc	Snow heavy at times..Clearing afternoon
31	13	-27	13	-7	16	-1	8	-15	0.00	0.0	18		72	0	Pc	Clear cold AM..Cldy afternoon.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
															Su	Dec was a cold and very snowy month. We
High	41	19					12.5	-6.8				Avrg	59	0	7	had only 8 days that it did not snow. A
Low	-9	-27													Pc	record was set for the most snow rec'd in
								Total	1.80	33.5			1833	0	10	any December and most snow rec'd in any
Avrg	15.1	-3.8		5.7				Norm	0.57						Cdy	month with a total of 33.5. Breaking a record
								Deprt	1.23						14	of 31.5  in Jan 89.
Total	468	-117						% Nrm	315.8%
Yearly Summary
								Total	31.62	36.0			3598	483
								Norm	21.19
								Deprt	10.43
								%Nrm	149.2%